Works
['wɜːks]
Definition
(noun.) performance of moral or religious acts; 'salvation by deeds'; 'the reward for good works'.
(noun.) the internal mechanism of a device.
Inputed by Darlene--From WordNet
Examples
- On the extreme right, however, his reserve brigade carried the enemy's works twice, and was twice driven therefrom by infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These works had a great vogue in France and Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Although many statements may be found in works on natural history to this effect, I cannot find even one which seems to me of any weight. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I was informed he wrote several small occasional works, but only one of them was printed, which I remember to have seen several years since. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- All my works! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Of the public Works and Institution which are necessary for facilitating particular Branches of Commerce. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But the thinker, the man who devotes himself to scientific inquiry and philosophic speculation, works, so to speak, in reason, not simply by *. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- One early station in New York for arc lighting was an old soap-works whose well-soaked floors did not need much additional grease to render them choice fuel for the inevitable flames. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Joseph works on it for two years and makes it two spans too short. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Warren's march carried him immediately behind the works where Hancock's command lay on the Brock Road. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In this reconnoissance we captured and held the enemy's works near Poplar Spring Church. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The attack was made, the Mexican reserves behind the works beat a hasty retreat, and those occupying them surrendered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The enemy had in addition to their intrenched line close up to Petersburg, two enclosed works outside of it, Fort Gregg and Fort Whitworth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He appointed officers for the supervision of charitable works. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The principal Greek works on science had been translated into Syrian. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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